I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling …

Mark Twain
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I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing. ✨ Mark Twain (2002). Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 6: 1874-1875, p.660, Univ of California Press
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I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing. ✨ Mark Twain (2002). Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 6: 1874-1875, p.660, Univ of California Press

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